Oakland Nike Football Training Camp coverage

HAYWARD, Calif. -- In a back-and-forth battle that continued all the way into the Final Five for the offensive line/defensive line one-on-one drills, Honolulu (Haw.) Farrington defensive tackle Breiden Fehoko and Corona (Calif.) De La Salle defensive tackle Kahlil McKenzie went back and forth beating every offensive linemen put in front of them at the recent Oakland Nike Football Training Camp at Chabot College.

Call both of them victors after each earned an invitation to The Opening, the prestigious event that features 150 of the nation’s top prospects competing at Nike World Headquarters in Oregon.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Clovis (Calif.) West wide receiver Darian Owens has a chance to be one of the top wide receivers in the state for the 2016 class and showed why at the recent Oakland Nike Football Training Camp at Chabot College.

How good was his afternoon? Good enough that he earned consideration for the wide receiver MVP award, which ended up going to Danville (Calif.) San Ramon’s JJ Koski, a 2015 wide receiver still looking for his first offer.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Kirk Johnson, a 2015 running back, and Collin Johnson, a 2016 wide receiver, of San Jose (Calif.) Valley Christian are one of the top pairs of brothers preparing for college ball on the West Coast. They made it out to the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp at Chabot College to compete against other top prospects.

SB Nation Recruiting caught up with the brothers after the event to talk about their decision to commit to Texas in April.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Despite playing quarterback in high school, San Leandro (Calif.) athlete Stephen Johnson went out to the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp with the intentions of honing his skills as a defensive back.

Prior to the event, Johnson spoke with SB Nation Recruiting about his recruitment and working out on defense.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Moraga (Calif.) Campolindo tight end Tyler Petite is a highly-coveted prospect and the top tight end in the state of California, the latter a fact he was out to prove at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp on Sunday at Chabot College.

Prior to the event, Petite spoke with SB Nation Recruiting about the current status of his recruitment.

Prior to the event, Smith spoke with SB Nation Recruiting about the current state of his recruitment.

“I’m interested in a lot of schools right now,” he said. “I’ll bring a top five out in June, but I still love USC, UCLA, Wisconsin, Tennessee. They’re all high on my charts and such, but it’ll be official coming up in about a month, so right now, just same old stuff.’

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Perhaps the top wide receiver in attendance at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp on Sunday at Chabot College was Newhall (Calif.) Hart’s Trent Irwin.

The 6’2, 190-pounder used his combination of strong hands and precise route-running ability to consistently create separation in a performance that earned him an invitation to The Opening, the prestigious Nike event held every summer that includes that includes 150 of the top prospects in the country.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Perhaps the top overall prospect in attendance at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp on Sunday at Chabot College was four-star defensive tackle Kahlil McKenzie.

That’s not necessarily by the rankings, however -- it was more about the type of performance that McKenzie put on. Simply put, it was dominant, and it earned the Corona (Calif.) De La Salle his invite to The Opening, the prestigious camp put on by Nike every summer that features 150 of the top prospects in the nation.

Two defensive backs and one wide receiver earned invitations to The Opening based on their efforts at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp on Sunday at Chabot College, in part because of their work in one-on-one drills.

Watch wide receiver Trent Irwin show off his polished route-running skills, as well as numerous other intense battles.

At any Nike Football Training Camp, many of the most compelling one-on-one battles happen between the offensive and defensive linemen and the Oakland camp on Sunday at Chabot College was no different.

In fact, the Oakland edition was probably more high stakes than many events, as two defensive tackles and one offensive tackle earned coveted invitations to The Opening in Portland this summer.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- The Elite 11 camp on Friday in Oakland that produced four invitations to the finals and The Opening was certainly an indication of the type of talent that was on hand at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp at Chabot College on Sunday.

In all, six prospects earned invitations to The Opening as a result of strong performances at the camp -- wide receiver Trent Irwin, offensive tackle Semisi Uluave, defensive tackles Kahlil McKenzie and Breiden Fehoko, and defensive backs Marvell Tell and Isaiah Langley.

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Not only will some of the best prospects in the Bay Area and Northern California be in attendance at the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp Sunday at Chabot College, but also some talented Hawaiians.

After two days of action in Oakland already following Friday’s Elite 11 camp and Saturday’s SPARQ Combine, there have already been plenty of impressive achievements.